The bill, H.R. 789, is called the "No Bonuses for Terrorists Act." It would mandate that the U.S. Secretary of State must certify that the
Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization have stopped
paying benefits to the families of terrorists before the U.S. gives more funds
to Palestine.

“Over the
past 10 years, the Palestinian government has received more than $4 billion in
U.S. tax dollars in spite of the fact that the Palestinian Authority devotes
about 8 percent of its budget to supporting the families of Palestinian terrorists,
including those killed during attacks and those in prison,” Sanford said in a news release.

Sanford
believes this is unacceptable, and that pausing the funds until the
United States can be certain they are not used to support terrorism in any way is
the obvious solution.

“Mark and
my bill puts in place the strongest measures yet to ensure terrorists will no
longer be rewarded with U.S. taxpayer dollars," Budd said. "The American people deserve to
know that their hard-earned money isn't going to fund terror attacks on our
allies."

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